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The contents of the House negro page were merged into House slave on 26 May 2021. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

This article was nominated for merging with House negro on 10 May 2021. The result of the discussion ( permanent link) was to merge.

So, this article should be merged wiht slavery. This article doesn't really give any additional info. Editing Maniac 03:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC) reply

no it is good to categorise just put a link on the slavery page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewr2572 ( talk • contribs) 17:37, 24 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Citations have to be given. Simply giving three references at the bottom isn't enough. Also, the article completely lacks historical specifics. The point about the white mistress sometimes educating house slaves is both interesting and important, but it's far too simple. It was not illegal, at all times and places in the US South, to teach slaves to read. In the 19th century, such prohibitions became near universal in slave states, but the article should give some sense of the variation across time and space. Interlingua 15:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC) reply

HOUSE SLAVES were light skinned, light brown. FIELD SLAVES were dark brown skinned. This was a way to build animosity between the light and dark skinned slaves. A divide and conquer method.Thy did not grow up in the best places and sometimes did not get to see there familys :( so sad But not all slaves were light brown,or dark brown that did not matter it was sometimes were they came from and there family history

I feel like this section has very little to do with House slavery and more to do with slavery in general or sexual abuse in slavery. this section needs to fixed or removed.

Yes. It makes references to scholars as if we have just been reading about them, when in fact it is the first reference to them - possibly the section is just a cut and paste from a larger piece. "Stampp, without contesting Genovese's assertions....." Who the hell are Stampp and Genovese !!!- 124.191.144.183 ( talk) 14:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC) reply

I also concur. This section is not relevant to the main topic of the article and should be edited/deleted by someone with more knowledge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.63.1 ( talk) 17:44, 18 April 2015 (UTC) reply

The US section is a complete mess, it starts off saying house/field roles are based on colour, then says it's a myth that they are based on colour. The third paragraph sounds more like someone pushing an opinion on reddit than an encyclopedia article. It's got no citations and just seems to be plopped in there, the whole thing needs sorting out so the section is coherent 86.184.160.95 ( talk) 20:18, 26 May 2021 (UTC) reply

The US section has just had a fair bit of text added as part of a merger. I'm not a subject matter expert, but I would encourage you to work on it. Ergo Sum 20:20, 26 May 2021 (UTC) reply

He is named as winning $1,500 in lottery, but in the sentence it is mentioned in, it implies his owner permitted him to keep. I can't find anything that says so. Was he at the time entitled to it or did his owner let him keep it? Cantaloupe2 ( talk) 20:31, 17 November 2012 (UTC) reply

Were they really called "house negroes", or is this a bowdlerization of "house niggers"? Come to think of it, both were probably used, depending on the level of formality of the use and the level of education of the user.-- User:Khajidha ( talk) ( contributions) 14:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC) reply